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  • North Korea ready for more nuclear tests – report

    RT - Aug 5th 2022 6:34am EDT

    Pyongyang is also seeking to ramp up fissile material production, a UN report seen by Reuters says North Korea laid the groundwork for a nuclear test in the first half of this year, Reuters reported on Friday citing a confidential report submitted to a UN watchdog committee. “Work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site paves […]

  • Ukrainian grain flowing to global markets

    RT - Aug 5th 2022 6:16am EDT

    Three ships carrying corn have left the country’s ports Three ships loaded with grain left Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Friday under a deal negotiated with Russia last month, Reuters reported, citing the Turkish Defense Ministry and witnesses. Two grain ships set off from Chernomorsk and one from Odessa, carrying a total of about 58,000 […]

  • India increases imports of Russian coal

    RT - Aug 5th 2022 3:02am EDT

    Buyers are taking advantage of hefty discounts due to sanctions Russia has become India’s third largest coal supplier thanks to big discounts offered for the commodity, overtaking other major producers, Reuters reported on Thursday. India’s coal imports from Russia jumped to just over 2 million tons in July, the agency said, citing data compiled by […]

  • World desperately needs strong leaders – Orban

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 8:18pm EDT

    Only a strong US can help end the Ukraine conflict by negotiating with Russia, the Hungarian PM said Europe needs “a strong America with a strong leader” if there is to be any hope of ending the conflict in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in […]

  • Lightning hits people near White House

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 8:02pm EDT

    Multiple people are in “critical condition” following a lightning strike in Washington, DC At least four people have suffered severe injuries following a lighting strike in Lafayette Park just outside the White House, emergency services in Washington DC confirmed on Thursday evening. “Apparent lightning strike Lafayette Park NW,” the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency […]

  • Taiwan tensions impact US missile test

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 4:39pm EDT

    The Pentagon postponed a scheduled Minuteman ICBM test, citing China’s drills around Taiwan Chinese military drills off the coast of Taiwan have prompted the US Air Force to postpone a test of its nuclear deterrent on Thursday. A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was scheduled for a test launch from the Vandenberg Air Force […]

  • US declares public health emergency

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 3:15pm EDT

    Despite the monkeypox virus almost exclusively affecting gay men, the White House said “every American” should take it seriously The US administration on Thursday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, two weeks after the World Health Organization upgraded its classification of the virus. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the declaration during a briefing, telling […]

  • African nation reports first death linked to Covid jab

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 1:57pm EDT

    The South African health regulator established a causal link between vaccination and a fatal case of a rare disorder On Thursday, South African health authorities said they had – for the first time – established a direct link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine.  The South African Health Products […]

  • Explosion-damaged Beirut port suffers another blow (VIDEOS)

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 1:48pm EDT

    The collapse of the grain silos was the second such incident in a week Four grain silos collapsed at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. The 50-meter structures had been burning for several weeks, and partially collapsed at the end of last month.  Video footage shared on social media captured the moment the structures […]

  • Russian bitcoin suspect risks US extradition via ‘deception’ – lawyer

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 1:23pm EDT

    France has deported Russian crypto entrepreneur Aleksandr Vinnik to Greece, which may hand him over to the US, his lawyer says Aleksandr Vinnik, a Russian cryptocurrency entrepreneur suspected of fraud in both Russia and the US, has been sent to Greece, his French lawyer told the Russian media on Thursday. Frederic Belo believes the move […]

  • US may be complicit in emergence of Covid – Russian MoD

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 1:22pm EDT

    Moscow is assessing the possibility that a US government agency played a part in the creation of Covid-19 Russia’s Defense Ministry says it’s investigating the possible role of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in the creation of the Covid-19 virus. In a press briefing on Thursday, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and […]

  • Biden responds to Brittney Griner verdict

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 1:08pm EDT

    US president calls basketball star “wrongfully detained” and demands Russia release her “immediately” Brittney Griner’s conviction is “unacceptable” and Russia must release her “immediately,” US President Joe Biden said on Thursday, after a Moscow court gave the Olympic basketball champion a nine-year sentence on drug charges. He also described Griner as “wrongfully detained.” Griner’s sentence […]

  • ‘Soros-backed’ prosecutor fired

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 12:52pm EDT

    Sponsored by the liberal billionaire, State Attorney Andrew Warren “refused to enforce Florida law,” the governor said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to prosecute illegal abortions or child sex-change operations. Warren’s 2016 election campaign was bankrolled by liberal financier George Soros. DeSantis announced Warren’s suspension on Thursday. Speaking […]

  • Kremlin reveals ‘real threat’ to world order

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 12:46pm EDT

    Global stability was undermined by the 2014 Western-orchestrated coup d’état in Ukraine, the Kremlin said The original threat to global order was the 2014 Maidan coup in Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Peskov pushed back on claims made by NATO’s secretary-general that Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine was to blame for the […]

  • EU state may become major chip maker – Reuters

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 12:16pm EDT

    Countries look to diversify as more than 90% of advanced chips currently come from Taiwan US chipmaker Intel is close to clinching a deal with Italy to build an advanced factory in the country for the production of semiconductors, Reuters reported on Thursday. The investment is part of a larger plan to increase chip production […]

  • Poll reveals number of Finns opposing tourist visas for Russians

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 12:11pm EDT

    More than half of respondents want the country to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens More than half of Finns want their country to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens, a poll by Finland’s state broadcaster Yle has shown. Some 58% of respondents favour such a move, 24% are against, and 18% are […]

  • Taiwan likens China to North Korea

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 12:01pm EDT

    Beijing’s missile tests are “arbitrary” and “threatening,” Taipei claims Taiwan accused China on Thursday of “following the example of North Korea” by firing ballistic missiles near the territory of other countries. Earlier, Japan said that a number of Chinese missiles splashed down in its exclusive economic zone. Beijing announced on Thursday afternoon that it had […]

  • Germany risks facing ‘winter of anger’ – media

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 11:25am EDT

    Rising energy prices and higher living costs might spark protests and create fertile ground for radicals, German media outlets warn Germany’s federal and regional governments are bracing for a potential wave of protests that might come this autumn or winter, German ARD and RBB broadcasters reported this week. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet fears that rising […]

  • North Korea blasts US nuclear hypocrisy

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 11:20am EDT

    Accusations from Washington are “the peak of audacity”, Pyongyang’s UN mission says The US has no right to single out Pyongyang when speaking about nuclear threats, since the country is in fact the “main offender in nuclear proliferation,” North Korea’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement published Wednesday. It came in […]

  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX debris found by farmers (VIDEO)

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 11:15am EDT

    Objects are believed to be parts of a Dragon spacecraft which carried four astronauts back home from ISS last year Large charred objects found by farmers in a remote area of New South Wales in Australia last week have been confirmed to be debris of Elon Musk’s SpaceX capsule, the Australian Space Agency said on […]

  • Russia tackles ‘toxic’ currencies

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 11:04am EDT

    The Central Bank suggests firms should dump their dollars and euros in favor of “friendly” denominations Russia’s central bank has called on manufacturers and non-financial services providers to convert their dollar and euro holdings to “friendly” currencies such as the Chinese yuan. The proposal was put forward in a document for public discussion released by […]

  • Gazprom explains complications in turbine row

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 10:48am EDT

    Sanctions are threatening the repair of other critical equipment for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, the company says In the latest development in the gas turbine repair row between Russia and Germany, Gazprom has laid out the reasons why the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is not fully back on-line an why getting repaired equipment back […]

  • Moscow slams removal of Russian expo at Auschwitz death camp

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 10:39am EDT

    The move by Poland is an attempt to rewrite history, the Foreign Ministry insists By shutting down the Russian exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum, Poland is trying to eradicate the memory of World War II and the sacrifice of the Soviet people, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Auschwitz-Birkenau is a former […]

  • Moscow slams removal of Russian expo at Auschwitz death camp

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 10:39am EDT

    The move by Poland is an attempt to rewrite history, the Foreign Ministry insists By shutting down the Russian exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum, Poland is trying to eradicate the memory of World War II and the sacrifice of the Soviet people, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Auschwitz-Birkenau is a former […]

  • Taliban comments US claim of killing Al Qaeda chief

    RT - Aug 4th 2022 10:32am EDT

    The group says it’s unable to confirm the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri The Taliban government in Afghanistan stated on Wednesday that it still has no information on the fate of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was allegedly killed in a US drone strike in Kabul over the weekend. While the Taliban has not been […]